diff --git a/contrib/devtools/symbol-check.py b/contrib/devtools/symbol-check.py
index cb255c9426..0c59ab6239 100755
--- a/contrib/devtools/symbol-check.py
+++ b/contrib/devtools/symbol-check.py
@@ -47,7 +47,8 @@ MAX_VERSIONS = {
 
 # Ignore symbols that are exported as part of every executable
 IGNORE_EXPORTS = {
-'_edata', '_end', '__end__', '_init', '__bss_start', '__bss_start__', '_bss_end__', '__bss_end__', '_fini', '_IO_stdin_used', 'stdin', 'stdout', 'stderr'
+'_edata', '_end', '__end__', '_init', '__bss_start', '__bss_start__', '_bss_end__', '__bss_end__', '_fini', '_IO_stdin_used', 'stdin', 'stdout', 'stderr',
+'environ', '_environ', '__environ',
 }
 READELF_CMD = os.getenv('READELF', '/usr/bin/readelf')
 CPPFILT_CMD = os.getenv('CPPFILT', '/usr/bin/c++filt')
diff --git a/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-linux.yml b/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-linux.yml
index c5b4ac1e83..7016ff861b 100644
--- a/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-linux.yml
+++ b/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-linux.yml
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ script: |
   FAKETIME_PROGS="date ar ranlib nm"
   HOST_CFLAGS="-O2 -g"
   HOST_CXXFLAGS="-O2 -g"
-  HOST_LDFLAGS=-static-libstdc++
+  HOST_LDFLAGS_BASE="-static-libstdc++"
 
   export QT_RCC_TEST=1
   export QT_RCC_SOURCE_DATE_OVERRIDE=1
@@ -160,6 +160,13 @@ script: |
   # Extract the release tarball into a dir for each host and build
   for i in ${HOSTS}; do
     export PATH=${BASEPREFIX}/${i}/native/bin:${ORIGPATH}
+    if [ "${i}" = "riscv64-linux-gnu" ]; then
+      # Workaround for https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gcc-8-cross-ports/+bug/1853740
+      # TODO: remove this when no longer needed
+      HOST_LDFLAGS="${HOST_LDFLAGS_BASE} -Wl,-z,noexecstack"
+    else
+      HOST_LDFLAGS="${HOST_LDFLAGS_BASE}"
+    fi
     mkdir -p distsrc-${i}
     cd distsrc-${i}
     INSTALLPATH=`pwd`/installed/${DISTNAME}